NOT JUST ANOTHER FEDERATION, A BETTER FEDERATION - NATURAL, DRUG-FREE PHYSIQUES, PURE AND SIMPLE!
What should you look for to ensure a contest is truly natural?
1. First and foremost every natural contest should have a publicly posted list of banned substances (see NPF Banned list ) so that you know in advance what is being tested for.....no excuses.
2. A lab report provided for each tested athlete that is a 100% match to the org's banned substances list, meaning that EACH and EVERY substance on the banned list is also shown on the lab report. Many labs breakdown substances by classifications or "panels" (Steroids, Stimulants, Diuretics, etc.). Promoters have the ability (and discretionary responsibility) to order and pay a separate fee for each test panel. Partial lab reports reflect a promoter who only asked for, and therefore was only willing to pay for, one panel and this practice is a sure red flag that the promoter is cutting corners (to save $$$) and is NOT taking drug testing seriously. Ask yourself, do you really want to stand on stage next to athletes who are using hard core diuretics and stimulants to get leaner than you? Most insulting is that they don't give YOU, the athlete, any credit for knowing the difference. Worse yet is the complete absence of a lab report. Every promoter that sends a urine sample to a testing lab will receive proof (aka lab report) of that sample's testing results. When this occurs, it is as simple as forwarding a copy to the athlete who is listed on the report. No lab report means your sample wasn't sent to the lab, period! And, remember, drug testing does not take place in the restrooms at the venue, it takes place in a real lab in the days following a contest. NOTE: testing kits (cups, forms, FedEx mailers, etc) are willingly sent FREE to a promoter - as many as they want! The lab (like Redwood Toxicology Labs) will happily send all the cups and forms a promoter requests, no questions asked. That is because a promoter who has cups, forms and mailers (already addressed to the lab) are much more likely to put those samples in the provided envelope and mail to the lab for testing than is a promoter who buys bulk empty cups off Amazon or at their local CVS. The lab makes its money from submitted samples, not on supplies.
3. A promoter that knows the difference between a LAB REPORT and LABORATORY TEST REQUISITION FORM. You, the athlete, should never receive a copy of the form you filled out backstage at the contest BIG RED FLAG!!!! (and, yes, this happens a lot too). There are two copies of the LTR Form. One copy goes in the envelope along with your sample, the other stays with the client (promoter) so that he/she can match results to donor once the lab testing is complete. If the promoter hands you one of the copies (putting the only other copy in the envelope and leaving no copy for themselves) it is a sure telltale sign that your sample is going no further than a trash can somewhere nearby.
4. No "cash only" phony testing methods, like polygraphs, pinky promises and scouts honor - one in the same). Polys are ineffective (which is why they are not used in any professional or collegiate sports, or for the Olympics) and serve as quick and easy cash for the promoter and directly out of the pockets of the athletes - pure and simple!
5. No buzzwords being applied in an effort to make testing seem "official." Examples are "IOC" testing, "WADA" testing and/or "Olympic-level testing." Neither the International Olympic Committee, nor the World Anti Doping Agency has the interest or inclination in testing anyone's bodybuilding contests. For that matter, neither does the FBI, CIA, Dr. Oz or Dr. Fauci! BOTTOM LINE: Be aware of phony name dropping that tries to make drug testing look official!
6. There won't be banned substances in your competitor goody bags being given out as samples or sold at the show via a sponsor table. (Yes, this happens at many "Natural" contests - a banned substance in each competing athlete's goody bag that would most certainly lead to a positive test if the promoter was actually sending urine samples to a lab.).
7. The urine sample collection process will be closely monitored by show officials or third party collectors. If you are handed a cup and sent into a restroom by yourself, you can conclude that the testing at that show is phony. Once you are tested following correct procedures (like with the NPF) you will quickly understand the difference.
PANEL 1: Comprehensive Steroid Panel — Test panel list updated periodically to include new prohormones and designer steroids.
1-Androstendiol
1-Androstendione
4-Androstendiol
4-Androstendione
5-Androstendiol
5-Androstendione
Bolandiol (19-Norandrostendiol)
Bolasterone
Boldenone
Boldione
Calusterone
Clenbuterol (anabolic agent)
Clostebol
Danazol Norclostebol
Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone
Desoxymethyltestosterone
5α-Dihydrotestosterone/Drostandiol
Drostanolone
Epitestosterone (masking agent)
Ethisterone
Ethylestrenol
Fluoxymesterone
Formebolone
Formestane (anti-estrogen)
Furazabol
Halodrol
4-Hydroxy-testosterone Testosterone
Mestanolone
Mesterolone
Methandriol
Methandrostenolone
Methasterone
Methenolone
6-Methylandrostendione
Methyl-1-testosterone
Methylnortestosterone
Methyltestosterone
Mibolerone
Nandrolone
19-Norandrostadiendione
19-Norandrostendione
Norethandrolone
Norbolethone
Oxabolone
Oxandrolone
Oxymesterone
Oxymetholone
Probenecid (masking agent)
Prostanozol
Quinbolone
Stanozolol
Stenbolone
Testolactone (anti-estrogen)
1-Testosterone
Trenbolone
PANEL 2: Diuretic Panel Test panel updated periodically
Acetazolamide
Amiloride
Bumethanide
Bendroflumethiazide
Canrenone
Chlorthalidone
Chlorothiazide
Clopamide
Cyclothiazide
Dichlorphenamide
Ethacrynic acid
Furosemide
Hydrochlorothiazide
Hydroflumethiazide
Spironolactone
Triamterene
PANEL 3: Stimulant Panel Test panel updated periodically.
Adrafinil
Amfepramone (Diethylpropion)
Amiphenazole
Amphetamine
Amphetaminil
Benzphetamine
Benzylpiperazine (BZP)
Cathine (Norpseudoephedrine)
Clobenzorex
Cocaine
Dimethylamphetamine
Ephedrine
Ethamivan(Etamivan)
Ethylamphetamine (Etilamphetamine)
Famprofazone
Fencamfamine
Fenethylline (Fenetylline)
Fenfluramine
Fenproporex
Furfenorex
Heptaminol
l-Methamphetamine (Levmethamfetamine)
Mefenorex
Mephentermine
Methamphetamine
Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
Methylephedrine
Methylphenidate
Modafinil
Nikethamide
Norfenfluramine
Octopamine
Parahydroxyamphetamine
Phendimetrazine
4-Phenylpiracetam
Phenmetrazine
Phentermine
Propylhexedrine
Selegiline
Sibutramine
Strychnine